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Dune Chronicles

9 books in reading order by Herbert, Frank

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  1. Dune

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    Dune

    by Herbert, Frank

    Hugo winner 1966

    The whole series over time shows the colonization and taming of the wild planet Dune over thousands of years.

    A blend of sci-fi and fantasy, Frank Herbert's Dune created a foundation for many of the themes in modern genre fiction. Its exploration of ecology, pacifism, and mysticism pairs with...

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  2. Dune Messiah

    Book 2

    Dune Messiah

    by Herbert, Frank

    Twelve years after the events of Dune, Paul Atreides rules the known universe as Emperor, and his Fremen warriors have carried a holy war across the stars. He sees what...

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  3. Children Of Dune

    Book 3

    Children Of Dune

    by Herbert, Frank

    Fifteen thousand years after Leto II's death, the remnants of the Bene Gesserit contend with the ruthless leaders of an alien culture to forge a new civilization and preserve the...

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  4. God Emperor Of Dune

    Book 4

    God Emperor Of Dune

    by Herbert, Frank

    Leto II, God Emperor of Dune, trades his humanity for immortality and becomes the magnificent sandworm of Dune in a desperate attempt to save humankind.

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  5. Heretics Of Dune

    Book 5

    Heretics Of Dune

    by Herbert, Frank

    Thousands of years after the death of God Emperor Leto II, the Bene Gesserit and the Bene Tleilax struggle to direct the future of Dune, now called Rakis

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  6. Chapterhouse: Dune

    Book 6

    Chapterhouse: Dune

    by Herbert, Frank

    Fifteen thousand years after Leto II's death, the remnants of the Bene Gesserit contend with the ruthless leaders of an alien culture to forge a new civilization and preserve the...

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  7. Hunters Of Dune

    Book 7

    Hunters Of Dune

    by Herbert, Frank

    Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert's classic Dune universe, ranging from the time of...

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  8. Hunters Of Dune

    Book 7

    Hunters Of Dune

    by Herbert, Frank

    Fleeing from the monstrous Honored Matres - dark counterparts of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood - Duncan Idaho, the military genius Bashar Miles Teg, a woman named Sheeana who can talk...

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  9. Sandworms Of Dune

    Book 8

    Sandworms Of Dune

    by Herbert, Frank

    As the no-ship Ithaca flees through space, the heroes of HUNTERS OF DUNE finally meet the Enemy who followed the violent fanatics, the Honored Matres, back to their universe. The...

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